JobThe book of Job is one of the great masterpieces of the world's literature, if not indeed the greatest. The author was a man of superb literary genius, and of rich, daring, and original mind. The problem with which he deals is one of inexhaustible interest, and his treatment of it is everywhere characterized by a psychological insight, an intellectual courage, and a fertility and brilliance of resource which are nothing less than astonishing. Opinion has been divided as to how the book should be …John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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Job 5:5 The hungry devour their harvest, even when it is guarded by brambles. The thirsty pant after their wealth.